German Feature Films in the University of Arizona Library
Samson
[Samson], by Wadja. In Polish with subtitles. Feature Film — A psychological study of Jakub Gold, a Polish Jew imprisoned for killing a schoolmate in a brawl. He is released from prison at the outbreak of World War II, only to be confined to the Warsaw ghetto. Escaping the ghetto, he is confined--by the fear of being Jewish in a world hostile to Jews. — D810.J4 S25 — VHS
Scarlet Street
By Lang. In English. Feature Film. — A timid and unassuming clerk is pulled into a world of crime and deception by a seductive woman and her manipulative boyfriend. — PN1997 .S33 1991 — VHS
Secrets of the Soul
By Pabst. Silent with English intertitles. Feature Film — An early attempt to interpret psychoanalysis on film, this work used expressionistic techniques to depict symbols of dreams and the unconscious. A patient's meetings with his analyst are intercut with dream-like sequences. The content reflects the influence of Sigmund Freud, and the filming was supervised by his associates, Jung and Adler. — PN1997 .S4263 1994 — VHS
Schindler's List
By Spielberg. In English with subtitles. Feature Film — The true story of the enigmatic Oskar Schindler, a member of the Nazi party, womanizer & war profiteer, who saved the lives of more than 1,100 Jews during the Holocaust. — PN1997 .S346 — VHS
Shedding Skin (changing Skin)
[Raus aus der Haut], by Dresen. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Set in East Germany in 1977, two teenagers, inspired by terrorist kidnappings in West Germany, kidnap the principal of their high school — DVD
Snow White
[Schneewittchen] by Kloditz. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — After her father's death the beautiful princess Snow White, on the order of her jealous step-mother, is to killed by the castle hunter. But the hunter is unable to murder the princess, so he leaves Snow White in the woods where she finds shelter with seven dwarves who work in a mine. The queen's magic mirror reveals Snow White's location, and the queen comes close to killing the princess — PN1997.5 .S36 2001 — DVD
Solo Sunny
By Wolf. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Portrays the seamy, boring and funny side of travelling with a fourth-rate band from hotel to ballroom to factory party to whatever celebration will have them, through the adventures of Sunny, a pop singer with a background of orphanage and factory work"--Film Index International. — PN1997 .S622 — VHS
Somewhere in Berlin
[Irgendwo in Berlin], by Lamprecht. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — In the ruined landscape of Berlin after World War II, children perform feats of bravery by playing with undetonated bombs and climbing in the rubble. One boy is disappointed with his father, who comes home powerless and hopeless from a POW camp. The children convince this weary man to clean and restore his bomb-damaged garage, managing in the end to give him new hope. — PN1997 .I694 — VHS
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days
By Rothemund. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Videodisc recording of a motion picture originally released in 2005 — DD256.3 .S66 2005— DVD
S.o.s. Iceberg
By Garnett. In English. Feature Film — Explorder Karl Lorenz is stranded on a steadily eroding iceberg. A rescue crew reaches him only to become stranded themselves. When his pilot wife arrives, she crashes her plane and is stranded too. They soon battle the elements and hope for a miracle. — PN1995 .S58 2005 — DVD
The Stationmaster's Wife
[Bolwieser], by Fassbinder. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Set in a small Bavarian town in pre-Hitler Germany, this is the story of stationmaster Bolwieser, a man who is sexually enslaved by his beautiful wife. — PN1997 .B672 — VHS
Storm over Mount Blanc
[Stürme über dem Mont Blanc] by Fanck. In German with subtitles. Feature Film. — In a mountain outpost a scientist lives with little contact to the outside world. In the middle of a fierce snowstorm, he loses his station is battered by the elements. Suffering from frostbite, he sends a desperate S.O.S. hoping that he can be rescued. — PN1995 .S75 2005 — DVD
Street, the : The Story of a Night in Paris
By Grune. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Bored by the monotony of his life, a middle-aged man seeks adventure in the night life of Paris. During his one night on the town, he is framed on a murder charge and attempts suicide while jailed. Released after the real murderer confesses, he is ready to submit to domestic routine. — PN1997 .S774 — VHS
Stroszek
By Herzog. In German with subtitles. Feature Film — Bruno Stroszek can't keep from getting into trouble. Just released from his latest stay in jail, he takes up with Eva the streetwalker and Schertz, on eccentric old man. They emigrate to America where all his possessions are confiscated. — PN1997.S679 — DVD
Sumurun
By Lubitsch. Silent with English intertitles. Feature Film — In this blending of melodrama and comedy, the story of a rebellious harem member who rejects the sheikh and falls in love with a merchant is interwoven with several other related stories. — PN1995.75 .S85 2007 — DVD
Swiss Profiles
[Gesichter der Schweiz], In German / French / Italian with subtitles. Feature Film — Wishing to know more of their country, a grandfather and his young granddaughter embark on a journey across Switzerland by train. With no particular goal in mind, on their journey they meet men and women who have contributed to Switzerland in their own way. — DQ24 .V57 — VHS